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Both research and teaching will feel the aftershocks of the large-scale cuts at the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, with entire research fields set to disappear. The dean announces tighter financial controls.
When their contracts expire this summer, two popular literature lecturers at the University of Copenhagen stand to lose their jobs — or get stuck in positions without any allotted time for research. Their story is not just about them. It is about what research-based teaching should look like in the future.
Sergey Rosbakh left the Faculty of Science in December 2025 and now says that the credibility of UCPH as an employer has been undermined. According to the dean at the faculty the risk of reputational damage is a »genuine concern«.
Highly educated young Americans are losing jobs to AI. Things are not yet that bad in Denmark. But in the long run AI could lead to mass unemployment, says UCPH sociologist.
Final DKK 50 million cut postponed to 2029–2030 — equivalent to 150 full-time salaries. Management expects no major rounds of layoffs, but does not rule out unit-specific dismissals.
Bureaucracy is preventing two popular lecturers from being rehired in Comparative Literature. Students push back: »Agus was the highlight of my time at university.«
A recurring annual DKK 100 million deficit has led to widespread layoffs at the Faculty of Science. Critics decry both the impact on core tasks and the lack of budget oversight, which the Academic Council calls »a collective failure of management«.
New opportunities for collaboration, but less proximity to researchers. That’s how research adviser Heidi Weje describes life in the UCPH Research and Information Security unit after the reform.
Three communications staff on having stronger professional ties — and on the challenges of centralisation
The administration reform has made a less fragmented University of Copenhagen, according to two employees. But the implementation of it is still ongoing.
